Chapter 118: Bombing the Enemy Ships
readx;? Wei Erxi, who was standing at the back gate of Hongkou Park, could already see the six-story building of the Japanese headquarters in the distance. According to the results of visual inspection www.biquge.info the distance from the Japanese headquarters is only more than 1,000 meters. However, the few street intersections in front of me were all Japanese soldiers' street forts, firing points, and barbed wire, and there were gun holes dug out of the buildings on both sides of the street, so it seemed that the road from here to the Japanese headquarters was a road of death.
After repeated battles, the supplementary brigade reoccupied the Bazi Bridge after paying huge casualties, but the supplementary brigade could no longer attack after paying huge losses. When the deputy brigade commander Yang Wenjing came to the Second Regiment, he found that the Second Regiment and the independent battalion that captured Hongkou Park had suffered the least losses. At present, there are still more than 800 fighters in the 2nd Regiment who can still participate in the battle, and there are still more than 1,000 fighters in the independent battalion who can fight.
General Zhang Yezhong also showed a surprised expression when he learned from the headquarters that the Second Regiment of the Supplementary Brigade, which was mainly composed of independent battalions, had conquered Hongkou Park in one afternoon. The battalion-level troops of a local warlord suffered few casualties in one day at the Lianke Dagong Yarn Factory and Hongkou Park, which was enough to attract the attention of the general of the national army.
On the evening of 15 July, Wei Erxi contacted Wang Haitao, who was far away in Guangxi, through the radio, and reported to Wang Haitao about today's battle with the Japanese army. After Wang Haitao saw Wei Erxi's report, he was both anxious and happy. Anxiously, Shanghai had already started a war, but Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi had not made the decision to help the war, so they could not use their strength.
I am glad that the dark chess he left in Shanghai has finally come into play, but Wang Haitao knows how much ammunition Wei Erxi's independent battalion consumes under the principle of firepower first, and once the ammunition runs out without supply, then the combat effectiveness of Wei Erxi's independent battalion will no longer exist. At this time, it was impossible for him to go to Shanghai again to replenish their ammunition.
In his reply, Wang Haitao praised Wei Erxi and the officers and men of the Independent Brigade, and asked Wei Erxi to make persistent efforts to eliminate more Japanese devils. He also reminded Wei Erxi to pay attention to the damage caused by the large-caliber naval guns on the Japanese gunboats.
While Wei Erxi, who received Wang Haitao's reply, was happy, he also began to ponder how to prevent and reduce the damage caused to his troops by the large-caliber naval guns on the Japanese warships tomorrow. After thinking about it for a long time, Wei Erxi still didn't think about how to prevent the damage caused by the Japanese naval guns to the troops. Suddenly, Wei Erxi thought, can you sneak into these gunboats at night and destroy them?
With this idea, Wei Erxi couldn't sit still any longer, and immediately selected thirty soldiers with good water skills from the veterans of the original guard company, and asked them to bring more grenades and explosives bags, and waterproof the weapons and ammunition. Then Du Haifeng and several company commanders were found. When Wei Erxi told them that he was going to lead the team to deal with the Japanese gunboats, several company commanders asked in unison that they should lead the team and let Wei Erxi take command at home.
And Du Haifeng and the officers of the second regiment all showed unbelievable eyes, and when they looked at Wei Erxi, they were like looking at a madman. Wei Erxi interrupted the requests of several company commanders, asking them to prepare for an attack on the Japanese headquarters tomorrow, and told them that in case they had not returned at dawn, the independent battalion would be commanded by Xiao Yuanxin, the commander of the first company, as the acting battalion commander.
After arranging these things, Wei Erxi sorted out the equipment on his body, gathered thirty soldiers, and walked to the river in the dark night. Hongkou Park is very close to the river, but in order to avoid the Japanese defense line, Wei Erxi and they made a big circle from the Shanghai North Railway Station, and did not come to the riverside near the Jiangwan Wharf until 12 o'clock at night.
Wei Erxi and the others saw Japanese gunboats staying in the middle of the river, a total of four, lined up along the river. There were figures swaying on all four warships, probably Japanese soldiers on guard. After Wei Erxi observed for a while, he divided the team into four teams, except for his own team, the other three teams all designated captains. Wei Erxi told the three captains that after getting on the ship, they should try not to make any movement, and after killing the alert Japanese soldiers, they went down to the cabin to find the ammunition depot, and once they found the ammunition depot, they placed the timing explosives, and then left quickly.
In case it is discovered by the enemy, attack if you can, retreat if you can, and bring back the soldiers intact as much as possible. After the order was clear, all the fighters finally checked the ammunition and equipment, and then began to go into the water. The Japanese soldiers did not expect Chinese soldiers to sneak into the gunboat from the water, so the soldiers on guard did not pay attention to the surface of the river at all.
Wei Erxi led the seven soldiers of his group to swim from the river to the side of the gunboat. Even if the gunboat is not tall, the side of the ship is several meters high. After Wei Erxi saw the anchor chain, he decided to climb up the anchor chain. So Wei Erxi took the lead in climbing up the gunboat from the anchor chain, followed by the remaining seven fighters. When he was about to reach the side of the ship, Wei Erxi first glanced at the deck.
The deck was empty, Wei Erxi took the lead and climbed onto the deck, and then immediately found a place to hide, there was not much time, and the remaining seven fighters also climbed onto the deck one after another. Wei Erxi pointed to the two soldiers and gave the order to kill the vigilant Japanese soldiers in sign language. After a while, a warrior came over and made a gesture of safety, and Wei Erxi immediately led the warrior on the deck to find a passage to the lower level.
The passage was easy to find, and when Wei Erxi found the passage, he asked a soldier to stand guard at the entrance of the passage and be ready to answer at any time, and then took the rest of the warriors and began to touch down the passage. An hour later, Wei Erxi and his soldiers found the ammunition depot on the gunboat after killing three more guards. Wei Erxi didn't dare to be careless, and after quickly arranging the time bomb, he returned to the deck with the soldiers.
After the eight people arrived, Wei Erxi returned to the river with the soldiers along the anchor chain, and quickly swam back to the river. Just when Wei Erxi and the others arrived at the river, gunfire suddenly rang out from a gunboat. Wei Erxi was shocked and knew that this group had been discovered by the Japanese army. As the gunfire became more and more intense, Japanese soldiers appeared on all four gunboats, and the lights on the gunboats began to light up.
When Wei Erxi was anxious, the other two groups on the river also swam back. Only the group on the gunboat that fired did not return. Wei Erxi and the team members were standing guard by the river, anxiously waiting for the soldiers of the last group. Finally, Wei Erxi and the others saw that on the deck of the gunboat where the fire was exchanged, there were several soldiers shooting and running towards the side of the ship.
After these people ran to the side of the boat, they all jumped directly into the river under the boat. The Japanese soldiers who were pursuing also chased the boat while chirping, and when they reached the side of the boat, they kept shooting at the river.
At that moment a loud bang came from the first gunboat, and this loud bang was followed by an even louder noise, and the gunboat was lifted several meters out of the water with a loud bang, and then slammed into the water. The gunboat, which had reached the water, broke in half and quickly sank towards the river. Just as the Japanese troops on the other gunboats were stunned by the loud noise, the loud noises that followed like a race sounded again on these gunboats.
In just a few minutes, the four gunboats of the Japanese army parked on the river sank into the Huangpu River, and Wei Erxi on the shore also waited for the last group to return. Of the seven fighters in this group, only three returned to the shore, two of whom were wounded. Wei Erxi and the soldiers stood by the river and solemnly saluted the place where the shipwreck was.
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